Scissors.



A. V. DONOR.

SGISSORS. APPLIGATION FILED MAY 14, 1914.

Patfanted Deo. 29, 1914.

AUSTIN v. noNoB. on 'NEW Yoan, N. Y., Assielvon or ONE-THIRD T0 JACOBKLEEBLATT AND oNn-'rnmn To Louis 'Kritamy Born or NEW YORK, N. Y.

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spc'initiationy of Letters Patent.

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' Application led Hay 14, 1914. Serial- No. 588,499.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, AUSTIN V. Donor, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Scissors, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in scissors, and has for anobject to provide an improved. structure which requires a minimum effortto operate, and which is adapted toopen only to a suflicient extent toallow the 'cutting of 'threads and other similar work.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved structurewhich is limited in its opening .m0vement, and which may be locked in aclosed position.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a scissorsformed-so as to open to a small extent, and to readily accommodate thefingers and' thumb near the point, whereby a quick easy closing may behad in cutting small articles, as forinstance the ends of thread onfinished garments.

In carrying out the objects of the invention the body of the scissors isformed with cutting blades comparatively short, and with rounded pointsso as to prevent the scissors accidentally cutting fabric when only thethreads are being trimmed there from. One of the blades of the scissorsis provided with a finger stop so that the scissors may be properlygrasped and held so that the thumb may act in connection with thefingers for quickly and easily closing the blades. A suitable spring isprovided at the rear for tending to continually hold the scissors in an'open condition. It isl to be noted that the scissors formed accordingto vthe present invention has substantially the usual stop for limitingthe closing action and also a combined stop and lock for limit-l ing theopening movement.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the scissorsembodying the invention, the same being shown associated with a hand,and with a garment; Fig. 2 isa side view of the device in an openposition; Fig. 3 is a. side view of the structure shown in Fig. 2, thesame being shown closed and locked in a closed position; Fig.

4 is a-'bottpm plan view ofthe structurev shown in Fig. 3;Fig. 5 is asection through.V

loose threads and ravelings.

Y Fig. 2 on ,line 5 5; Fig. 6 is a section through Fig. 3 on line 6*(3;lFig. 7 is a detailed fragmentary top plan view of the points of thescissors disclosing a slightly modiied formof the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numeral, 1 indicates anarticle and 2 a worked buttonhole from which extends a thread 3. Thevscissors 4 is intended to be used especially in cutting threads fromgarments after theyA are manufactured, and is grasped by the hand asshown in Fig. 1, whereby the scissors may be quickly closed and may'alsobe quickly moved from place to place and operated, a suitable spring 5being released by the hand.

-In the manufacture `of garments of Various kinds after the same havebeen completed persons known as examiners go over the .garments and cutol' all of the Persons performing this work find it difficult to performany considerable amount of work with the ordinary scissors-havingeyelets at the rcar and require scissors that may be grasped near thefront so that the same may be easily opened and closed.' The presentinvention is designed to present a structure which will answer thepurpose of these workers and accomplishes the object by presenting astructure which normally remains open for a short distance, and whichmay be readily closed by the hand which 'grasps the scissors near thefront.

The scissors 4 are provided with members 6 and 7 of the usual structureof scissors, and with the rear part shortened so as to provideextensions 8 and 9. Extension 8 has rigidly connect'd therewith spring 5which bears against extension 9 and thereby normally holds the scissorsopenas shown in Fig. 2. The scissors are prevented from opening fartherby a stop 1'0 which is rigidly secured to member 6, and extends througha slot 11 in member 7.' Member 7 isprovided with notches 12 and 13,notch 13 being provided with a shoulder against which the pivotallymounted member or pawl 14 rests when it is desired to lock the members 6and 7 in a'closed position as shown in Fig. 3. When the scissors'areinuse or are opened as shown in Fig. 2, pawl 14 is turned over to theposition shown in Fig. 5 and may slide back and forth in the notch orslot 12. The

front part of the scissors is provided with cutting edges 15 and 16,which edges preferably extend back only a short distance, as showninFig. 2. The points 17 and 18 are rounded to an appreciable extent sothat there Will be no danger of the ends of the scissors accidentallycutting the cloth dur- K,

ing the use of the scissors. In fact, these ends are rounded so thatlooking lat. the same from the front they appear to be hemispherical inshape. It will also be observed that one of the cutting members of thescissors, namely, member 6, is provided 5 `With a finger stop 19,whereby' the hand may be properly positioned in respect to the scissors,and any slipping thereof prevented. This also allows the scissors to beheld as shown in Fig. 1 which prevents anyv` back and forth movement ofthe scissors` through the hand or any accidental shifting of thescissors While in use. During the shifting of the pawl 14 from theposition shown in Fig. 6 to the position shown in Fig. 5 or vice versa,the roughened portionv 20 is engaged by the thumb or finger and the pawlreadilyl turnedrom one position to the other. I

In Fig. 7 will be seen'a slightly modified form of the invention inwhich the cutting edges 15" or 16 are curved so that the point 21 willextend at an appreciable angle4 from the main body of the scissors. Thiscurved structure is intended to'allow a free action of the scissors whencutting threads from embroidery, lace and similar articles.

1. A pair of scissors comprising cutting members pivotallyconnectedtogether, a spring for normally holding Vsaid cutting membersopen, a stop rigidly secured to one of said cutting members, the otherof said cutting members being formed with a Slot through which said stopprojects, whereby the movement of. the cutting members is limited by thelength of said slot.

2. A pair of scissors comprising a pair of cutting members, each of thecutting members being formed with a rounded back and rounded points,Vone of said cutting ,members being formed with a finger guard or stopnear the front end, aspring for normally holding open saidcuttingmembers, and means for limiting the opening movement of the cutting'members.

A pair of scissors` comprising a pair of cutting members, means forpivotally connecting said cutting members together, a spring fornormally holding said cutting members open, a stop rigidly secured toone of said cutting me1nbers,the other of said cutting members beingformed with a slot through which said stop projects, the

cutting member having said slot arranged therein being formed withnotches at each end of the slot, a pivotally mounted pawl arranged onsaid stop and arranged to pro--

